Re: [expert] IP Masquerading, The ABCs of

[Eric L. Brine]

> This is really bad, folks -- if I understand you correctly, you're
> (both) sending private IP packets onto the local subnet!

I concur.

> Even if masquerading works in this situation, you STILL have packets
> with 192.168.0 headers going out onto the local subnet, and if your ISP
> notices this, you're going to get your wrists slapped.

I don't believe that's the problem. The problems are security/privacy and
bandwidth usage.

Bandwidth: All internal packets are also being sent over to the ISP. This
can cause performance problems. For example, if the LAN is 100Mbps and the
connection to the world is only 1 Mbps, a transfer from one machine to
another on the LAN will be limited to 1Mbps.

Security: The ISP and possibly other clients can see your internal
packets, and possibly even gain access to your private network.

ELB

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